Make HIIT a HIT in your training program. While keeping your cardio training at a steady heart rate is key to training for events like a marathon, there are other training benefits to be gained [...]
Every time you step on the field, on the track, or in the gym, you’re at risk for injury. Injuries could mean time off from training, loss of progress, as well as the potential loss [...]
Iron deficiency impairs running performance Running a marathon is one of the most demanding endurance events, placing so much of stress on the body that it puts athletes at risk of iron-deficiency anemia, a new [...]
Athletes need a well-functioning immune system Over the years, thousands of sports supplements have been created and marketed to athletes, but more recently compounds found in plants called phytochemicals are showing great potential in exercise [...]
Many athletes get nervous when the scale goes up a pound the morning after a carbohydrate-rich meal. Those carbohydrates are being stored in muscle along with water. They may seem fattening because with each one [...]
Recently published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, researchers compared a vegetarian and milk-based protein source head to head for muscle building potential (1). Specifically, they sought to determine whether pea [...]
Athletes walk a fine line when it comes to losing weight without negatively affecting performance or training gains. Cut calories too low and performance will suffer, muscle mass may be lost, and you might be [...]
There's a big difference between "good" and "bad" weight loss. The good kind, the kind we should all strive for, is losing the least amount of muscle in relation to body fat. Getting enough protein [...]
Studies show athletes should be sure to get adequate vitamin D. When planning a nutritional strategy for building muscle strength, power, and force, most athletes think of protein and carbohydrates – not vitamin D. But [...]
Cleanse Days can help athletes shred fat while maintaining muscle. It was once taken as fact by bodybuilders and fitness competitors that to keep metabolism high and stay anabolic, you had to eat [...]
